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UEFA Champions League: Barcelona Stroll While United Get Road Win

It was another exciting day in the Champions League as Barcelona secured a 5-1 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk. Manchester United ended its poor run at Stamford Bridge as they won 1-0 behind a Wayne Rooney goal but were lucky with

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UEFA Champions League: Quarterfinal 1st Leg Preview, Part 2

Here is a look at the second set of games on Wednesday for the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona vs. Shakhtar Donetsk: Formations: Pyatov Srna–Rakitiskiy–Chigrinskiy–Rat Hubschmann–Mkhitaryan Jadson–Willian–Costa Adriano Shakhtar will be in a 4-2-3-1. Chigrinskiy is an injury concern and it

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Weekend Watch List: Big Weekend In Italy

It is a big weekend in Italy with big time match-ups near the top of the table. Spain also has a big game after almost going on strike this week. Here is a brief look at the top five games

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UEFA Champions League: Round Of 16 Week 3 Preview

The second legs of the Champions League return this week. Barcelona vs. Arsenal is the headline game and gets started on Tuesday. Here is a look at the four games this week.

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Weekend Watch List: FA Cup 4th and 5th Rounds

It is a weird weekend in England with some teams going into the 5th round while others are completing their 4th round replays. The rest of Europe is a bit quiet as there are not a wealth of big match-ups.

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A Closer Look For At The Arsenal-Barcelona Game

There has been a large amount of reaction to the victory by Arsenal. It was a tremendous performance, but there was quite a bit of luck that went into the result. There was poor finishing by Messi as well as

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UEFA Champions League: Arsenal Stage Comeback And Shakhtar Earn Road Victory

It was another exciting day in the Champions League. Shakhtar Donetsk scored 3 goals in an 11 minute span to defeat Roma 3-2. Shakhtar’s goals came from three Brazilians with Jadson, Douglas Costa, and Luiz Adriano getting the goals. Roma

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UEFA Champions League: Round Of 16 Week 1 Preview

The Champions League is finally back! Two of the most anticipated battles start this week with Tottenham going to the San Siro and Barcelona’s trip to the Emirates. Here is a preview as well as predictions of the four games

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Weekend Watch List: Good Weekend Match-Ups

It is Super Bowl weekend, but the weekend is full of top games from all across Europe with the big match in England headlining the weekend. Here is a look at the top 5 games from the weekend. Chelsea vs.

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2010, My Top Games Of The Year

It’s the end of the year and it is time to look back at the best games of 2010. Here is my top 10 of the games I watched in the past year.

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